Fortress
Zubarah Fort
🇶🇦 Qatar · 20th century
Al Zubara Fort (Arabic: حصن الزبارة; also spelled as Zubarah Fort) is a historic military fortress located in Zubarah, northern Qatar. It was built under the oversight of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani in 1938 in the aftermath of the 1937 Qatari–Bahraini conflict.
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Zubarah Fort ranks #2,319 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking. Founded 1938 — one of 118 atlas entries founded in the 20th century. See how Qatar compares in the castle statistics.
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